Bhavishya Purana [sanskrit]

245,265 words

This Sanskrit edition of the Bhavishya Purana. It is one of the traditional eighteen Mahapuranas presented as an encyclopedia of ancient Indian history and knowledge. The Bhavishyapurana contains 4 books and over 26,000 Sanskrit verses. It is famous for detailing the history and legends of ancient times as well as future times, narrating the genealogy of the kings and sages. The last part is considered an independent work known as the Bhavishyottara-Purana.

Verse 3.4.20.16

अपरायां जीवभूता नित्यशुद्धा जगन्मयी ।
भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनोबुद्धिरेव च ।
अहङ्कार इति ज्ञेया प्रकृतिश्चापराष्टधा ॥ १६ ॥

aparāyāṃ jīvabhūtā nityaśuddhā jaganmayī |
bhūmirāpo'nalo vāyuḥ khaṃ manobuddhireva ca |
ahaṅkāra iti jñeyā prakṛtiścāparāṣṭadhā || 16 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.4.20.16 is contained in the book Bhavishya Purana: Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation by S. N. Khandelwal. This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (3.4.20.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Apara, Jivabhuta, Nitya, Shuddha, Jaganmayi, Bhumi, Apa, Apas, Anala, Vayu, Kham, Kha, Mana, Manas, Manu, Buddhi, Eva, Ahankara, Iti, Jneya, Prakriti, Capa, Rai, Dha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.4.20.16). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

  • Line 1: “aparāyāṃ jīvabhūtā nityaśuddhā jaganmayī
  • aparā -
  • apara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    apara (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    aparā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ayām -
  • e (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first single]
  • jīvabhūtā* -
  • jīvabhūta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    jīvabhūtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nitya -
  • nitya (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    nitya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nitya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śuddhā* -
  • śuddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    śuddhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    śudh -> śuddha (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √śudh class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √śudh class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √śudh class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √śudh class 4 verb]
    śudh -> śuddhā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √śudh class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √śudh class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √śudh class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √śudh class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √śudh class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √śudh class 4 verb]
  • jaganmayī -
  • jaganmayī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    jaganmayī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “bhūmirāpo'nalo vāyuḥ khaṃ manobuddhireva ca
  • bhūmir -
  • bhūmi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    bhūmi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • āpo' -
  • āpas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ap (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    āpa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    āp (verb class 5)
    [aorist active second single]
  • analo* -
  • anala (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    nal (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • vāyuḥ -
  • vāyu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    vāyu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [optative active third plural]
  • kham -
  • kham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    khā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • mano -
  • manas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    mana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    manu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    manu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • buddhir -
  • buddhi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 3: “ahaṅkāra iti jñeyā prakṛtiścāparāṣṭadhā
  • ahaṅkāra* -
  • ahaṅkāra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • jñeyā -
  • jñeyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    jñā -> jñeyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [nominative single from √jñā class 9 verb]
  • prakṛtiś -
  • prakṛti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • cāpa -
  • cāpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    cāpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rāṣ -
  • ra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    rai (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ṭa -
  • ṭa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṭa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dhā -
  • dhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    dhā (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 3.4.20.16

Cover of edition (2023)

Complete Bhavisya Mahapurana (English translation)
by Shantilal Nagar (2023)

Publisher: Parimal Publication Pvt. Ltd.; Pages: 2496; ISBN-10: 817110729X; ISBN-13: 9788171107292

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